#Earthday2014 22 April 2014 is the International #MotherEarthDay #GreenCities

" I appeal to all people everywhere to raise their voices. Speak out on behalf of this planet, our only home. Let us care for Mother Earth so she can continue to care for us as she has done for millennia. " UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Preservation and protection of the natural environment is essential for maintaining community sustainability!!

This is the main international occasion to demonstrate support for environmental protection and raise awareness on important environmental themes for humankind. The World Earth Day was celebrated for the first time in 1970 and since then it has been observed globally every year by almost all countries.Earth Day is ideal, for raising awareness among younger generations on the need for protection and conservation of our environment. The theme of World Earth Day 2014 is ‘Green Cities’.

Earth Day Network launched the Green Cities campaign to help cities around the world become more sustainable. Focused on three key elements — buildings, energy and transportation — the campaign aims to help cities accelerate their transition to a cleaner, healthier and more economically viable future through improvements in efficiency, investments in renewable technology and policy reform.

In 1945, two thirds of the world’s people lived in rural settings, while in 2000, the population balance had shifted, with half of humanity living in cities. Moreover, it is expected that by 2050, two thirds of world’s people will be living in cities.

As the urban population grows, cities expand and demand for water, energy and municipal services increase, our cities will have to evolve. In fact, the challenges ahead for our cities are huge and the opportunities are also enormous

* NASA is participating in Earth Day this year with the agency's #GlobalSelfie event, asking people to take a photo of themselves outside and post it to social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. NASA will use the images to create a mosaic image of Earth -- a new "Blue Marble" built bit by bit with your photos. Get more info on how to participate here.

Apple Aims to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint With New Data Centers In 2011, Greenpeace released a report called “How Dirty is Your Data?” It graded each internet firm on the filthiness of its cloud operations. Apple earned the dubious distinction of being the among the worst climate offenders, with the most reliance on coal and the lowest score in clean energy. In early 2012, Greenpeace singled out Apple as a target for staged demonstrations. It released balloons in the shape of coal briquettes inside Apple’s Fifth Ave retail store, and inflated a giant iPOD outside the firm’s Cupertino headquarters. Not long afterwards—though Apple says the announcement was long in the making—the company proclaimed its intent to power all its operations via renewables like wind, biogas, hydro, and solar. “We had a fairly high degree of skepticism,” says David Pomerantz, a Greenpeace media officer.

We must protect our earth - we MUST protected our wildlife and we MUST protect our future generations.

As Kurt Vonnegut put it, if we don't stop wrecking the planet, we won't have many Earth Days left. #motherearthday

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In 1945, two thirds of the world’s people lived in rural settings, while in 2000, the population balance had shifted, with half of humanity living in cities. Moreover, it is expected that by 2050, two thirds of world’s people will be living in cities.

Not sure if you heard about this organization ....Pure silence is what we've heard in recent months from USA government's
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the arm of federal government tasked
with protecting us from environmental disaster, about the climate bomb called
Keystone XL. http://other98.com/sos-epa-epa-its-time-to-stand-up-to-keystone-xl/